Kworld trend / hi-drivers anime release date. The YouTube channel of the upcoming animated racing movie Hi-DRIVERS released an animated music video for the show’s theme song, “Hi-DRIVERS!”. The video has an anime idol vibe, with the anime characters performing the song while showing off some dance moves.
hi-drivers anime release date
“Hello drivers!” Music video credits include Naoya Ando (Assistant Director of Kinomo Friends Season 2, Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie: Over the Rainbow Live Part Co-Director) as Director and Story, Tomoyuki Fujii (Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2) co-lead animator) as character animation director, and Tomohiro Kawahara (Symphogear XV co-mechanical designer) as mechanical and effects animation director.
Andou and Fujii were previously announced as director and character designer respectively for the show Hi-DRIVERS, with Illustrator Pako as the original character designer and Sunrise as the animation production company.
More details regarding the staff were also revealed, including Studio Jack’s Minoru Akiba as art director, Kawahara as mechanical designer and director of mechanical animation and effects, Kanta Suzuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury co-lead mechanical animation) as mechanical designer, Mari Jumio (Dream Festival!) from ASAHI PRODUCTION as photography designer, Rie Kato (Love Live! Superstar!!) as color designer, Katsuaki Miyaji (Bocchi the Rock!) from Boundary as CG director.
Hi-Drivers is located in God Tenbar, a city at the base of Mount Fuji that has many areas, each with its own unique culture and look. Teams from these regions compete in a monthly racing competition called the Saturday Night Million. Victory causes people and money to flow towards the winning team’s territory, while continued defeats result in “losing it all”. The main characters of the show are part of the Night Break, a rookie team made by a suddenly legendary racer.
hi-drivers anime
The street racing action is now in full swing, because a new teaser trailer, new main photo, main cast, and main staff of Hi-DRIVERS have been revealed. The upcoming original TV anime which is part of a mixed media project by Bandai Namco Arts. The main cast of the series includes:
- Director: Naoya Andou
- Original character designs: pako
- Character design: Tomoyuki Fujii
- Music production: Lantis, Sunrise Music
- Animation production: Sunrise
- Production: Sunrise, Bandai Namco Arts
The series also features unique musical tracks for each of the racing teams, including music by:
- Mitsunori Ikeda for Night Break.
- JUVENILE for Nanairo Monster.
- TeddyLoid for Sin Destiny.
- motsu for Djungarian.
The cast of the Hi-DRIVERS racing teams includes:
Night Break
- Yuuri Ise as Akatsuki Kamishiro.
- Junichi Suwabe as Tobari Shiranui.
- Makoto Furukawa as Yuhi Kurebayashi.
- Yuuki Sakakihara as Shu Mikoshiba.
Nanairo Monster
- Ivan Shibata as Raiu Shakado.
- Jun Fukuyama as Cloud Hibiki.
- Kōsuke Toriumi as Kasumi Todo.
Sin Destiny
- Hayato Dojima as Kyo Toritani.
- Masaya Fukunishi as Kei Ryugasaki.
- Ayumu Murase as Rin Saotome.
- Subaru Kimura as Manto Kamenashi.
Djungarian
- Takuya Eguchi as Jin Oji.
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Makoto Itagaki.
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Chu Higuchi.
